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Distance Education Links:
Listed below are links to institutions
whose goals are to further and develop new distance education technologies and
methodologies as well as links to our clients who currently maintain comprehensive
distance education programs.
Please note that all links will launch in a
separate window in your web browser.
| Commonwealth of Learning |
The Commonwealth of Learning is
an International Organisation established by Commonwealth Governments in September 1988,
following the Heads of Government Meeting held in Vancouver in 1987. It is headquartered
in Vancouver and is the only Commonwealth intergovernmental organisation located outside
of Britain The purpose of The Commonwealth of
Learning, as reflected in the Memorandum of Understanding, is to create and widen access
to education and to improve its quality, utilising distance education techniques and
associated communications technologies to meet the particular requirements of member
countries.
DETAC is an official supplier of technology to COL and has
worked with them in the past including a recent 'Team Canada' trade mission in Malaysia in
the summer of 1996. |
| ADETA |
ADETA is a voluntary, non-profit
association made up of individuals and corporate members who are interested in distance
education and training in Alberta. Their motto is: “Collaboration and Excellence in
Distance Education and Training”. |
| LearnLinc |
LearnLinc
Corporation develops distance learning software that increases learning
quality through a combination of instructor led and self-paced, interactive, multimedia
learning tools. LearnLinc offers the most complete line of distance learning software for
universities and Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Kent State University, Lucent
Technologies, FlightSafety International, Office Depot, First Albany, and Ernst &
Young. |
| Red Deer College |
Red Deer College offers
off-campus programming in Blairmore, Cardston, Claresholm, Didsbury, Drumheller, High
River, Hobbema, Lethbridge, Olds, Pincher Creek, Ponoka, Rocky Mountain House, Stettler,
Sunchild and O'Chiese reserves, Sundre, and Wetaskiwin. Students can enroll in Teacher's
Assistant, Early Childhood Development, Adult Basic Education, and High School Upgrading
courses. Many of these courses are delivered using
audio teleconference bridges purchased from
DETAC. More recently, the Lite Center at RDC licensed LearnLinc software through
DETAC to deliver their courses over the Internet. |
| Athabasca University |
Twenty-six years ago, Athabasca
University opened its doors and became Canada's first fully accredited open university
specializing in distance education. Today, Athabasca University is nationally and
internationally recognized as a leader in open and distance education, offering a
high-quality university education to more than 12,500 students across North America each
year. Athabasca University makes it possible for
people to earn a university education regardless of where they live or work, or their
commitments to careers or families. Now, where there is a will to learn, there is a way to
learn. They remove the barriers of time, space, past educational
experience, and, to a great degree, level of income.
Dr. Ellis has worked closely in the past with Athabasca University to develop
learning programs. |
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